2018.362: Village House in the New Territories

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2018.362

People

Wong Keng-hing, Chinese (Hong Kong born 1927)

Title

Village House in the New Territories

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting, album leaf

Date

1990

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/332756

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Album leaf; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

paper: 27.8 x 40.4 cm (10 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.)
mounting: 40 x 60 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Title, signature, and date inscribed with ink and brush in Chinese characters, right border: 香港新界新田村文姓大夫第 耿卿 庚午仲夏 "Man Ancestral Hall, Santin Village, New Terratory, Hong Kong"; signed "Gengqing, mid-summer of gengwu year (1990)"
• seal:
• seal: Rectangular red relief seal, upper left: 黃石山人 "Huang Shi Shan Ren" (aritst's sobriquet, lit. "yellow rock mountain man")

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Huang Gengqing, Hong Kong (1990). Chu-tsing Li, Lawrence, Kansas (by 2007-2012), gift; to his son B U.K. Li, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (2012-2018), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Footnotes:
1. Dr. Chu-tsing Li (1920-2014)
2. On loan to Harvard Art Museums from 2009 to acquisition

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Chu-tsing Li Collection, Gift of B U.K. Li in memory of Chu-tsing Li, Yao-wen Kwang Li, and Teri Ho Li

Accession Year

2018

Object Number

2018.362

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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